Patients with papillary thyroid cancers that are limited to that gland are likely to have a favorable outcome regardless of whether they undergo rapid definitive treatment or are simply observed for disease progression, according to a report in the May issue of the Archives of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery. In an epidemiologic study using Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) data on more than 35,000 papillary thyroid cancers (PTCs) diagnosed 1973-2005, 20-year survival was...